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Port Jefferson Harbor (STS-POR-I-03) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This estuary site, maintained by the Save the Sound (identifier STS), has the name "Port Jefferson Harbor" and has the identifier STS-POR-I-03. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030201.

This site is located in Suffolk County County, New York at 40.9555700000 degrees latitude and -73.0993100000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "STS-POR-I-03" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2018 - 2021
Physical 2018 - 2021
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier STS
OrganizationFormalName Save the Sound
MonitoringLocationIdentifier STS-POR-I-03
MonitoringLocationName Port Jefferson Harbor
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 02030201
LatitudeMeasure 40.9555700000
LongitudeMeasure -73.0993100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET